All this week (Mon 8th – Sat 13th Feb) I will be hosting #dlchat Twitter #slowchat.

​For those new to the concept, slow chats are just like normal edu chats except that they usually takes place from Monday through to Saturday - Usually only one question per day is asked during a slow chat and teachers can jump in whenever they want. - "Slow chats give you a chance to think, reflect and share." - Julie Szaj (@shyj)

How it works:

On Monday 8th Feb the chat will start. Several times during the day the same question will be tweeted out – This will most likely be 12am, 7am and 7pm so as to reach a more global audience. There is no hurry to respond - take your time! When you are ready to respond just tweet out the question number followed by your answer e.g. A1. My answer is….. etc. Remember to end your reply with the hashtag: #dlchat

There will only be one question per day, ending on Saturday (Six questions in total).

On Sunday all the answers will collated in a @storify and shared with everyone who contributed in the #slowchat

Hi Simon,
Thanks for diving in and adding so much organisation to the #DLchat #slowchat , your creativity and enthusiasm has really added energy to the conversation. Being in a completely other side of the world timezone, I've enjoyed being able to participate in an asynchronous fashion (rather than try to be up with the sparrows on a Friday morning - which just got too hard with a new commute).
I've really enjoyed this model during this week and I think it has a lot of potential if we can sustain this organised approach. I've learned a lot and have noticed a few new faces popping in to tweet-like-retweet... all positive. I know I have so much more to learn from my UK connections - I really want to explore the digital badges this year and must find time to do the research (in amongst the MEd that is stealing time in chunks!).
Thanks again for being so proactive! Onward and upward with the Digital Leader innovation!
Cheers, Deb Hogg @debhoggoz (Sydney)